That rare sequel that builds on the movie that came before it without crushing its attributes to death. "Escape" doesn't feel belabored. Giddy, freewheeling and sweet-natured, it pulls off the effect of seeming spontaneous, a tall task by itself.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
Precisely because their attitudes are so bluntly hedonistic and apolitical, Harold and Kumar manage to be fairly persuasive when they get around to criticizing the status quo, which the movie has the wit to acknowledge itself as part of.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
Harold and Kumar are pothead patriots in the first feel-good torture film.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Harold and Kumar, fortunately, never lose their verbally relentless way of delivering raunch as pure common sense.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Mostly, Harold is a guilty pleasure that retains the anarchic charms of the original.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The movie is unpolished, unabashedly un-PC, and takes on as many "sacred cows" as it can uncover in a slightly-too-long 105 minutes.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
Is a truly political stoner movie even possible? The entire point of getting high is to take some of the sting out of life. The movie goes after easy targets and goes soft on the harder issues.Read Full Review »
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Slate: Dana Stevens
It betrays the spirit of the stoner comedy, which has traditionally been subversive--when it wasn't detailing the love affair between two marginally functional young men and their stash of sweet, sweet herb.Read Full Review »
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